physicist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of physicist
Example Sentences
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A team led by physicists at Stanford University has developed a new kind of optical cavity that can efficiently capture single photons, the basic particles of light, emitted by individual atoms.
From Science Daily
It banned the physicist from leaving the U.S.S.R. to collect the honor in Oslo.
In a new study published in Physical Review E, physicists at Auburn University found that even very weak magnetic fields can significantly change how dusty plasmas behave.
From Science Daily
His case is in many ways similar to others with severe neuromotor disorders, such as British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who was confined to a wheelchair and could only communicate through a voice synthesiser.
From Barron's
Nearly two centuries ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot established the theoretical maximum efficiency that any heat engine can achieve.
From Science Daily
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